Letter to Raku Kichizaemon
Letter to Raku Kichizaemon

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Letter to Raku Kichizaemon

Hon'ami Kōetsu 本阿弥 光悦, 1558–1637; born and died Kyoto, Japan
Japanese
Momoyama period, 1573–1615 | Edo period, 1603–1868
2024-430

Information

Title
Letter to Raku Kichizaemon
Maker
Hon'ami Kōetsu 本阿弥 光悦
Medium
Hanging scroll: ink on paper
Dimensions
Painting: 27.5 × 45 cm (10 13/16 × 17 11/16 in.) Mount: 47.3 × 102.5 cm (18 5/8 × 40 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Peggy and Richard M. Danziger
Object Number
2024-430
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
Cipher in ink, bottom left and middle of sheet: [Koetsu]
Culture
Japanese, Asian
Period
Momoyama, Edo (Japanese period)
Type
hanging scrolls, paintings
Materials
ink, paper (fiber product)
Subject
letters (correspondence)

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